Policy

The Council’s policy work is focused on specific areas including research, regulation, sector sustainability, innovation and pedagogy, and equality, diversity and inclusion.

The Council also works on sustainable funding, public affairs and data.

The House of Lords Public Services Committee report on public services

21 Jul 2022 in Innovation: Teaching & Learning, News & blogs, News Releases, Press Release, Public Affairs

The House of Lords Public Services Committee has released its report ‘Fit for the Future? Rethinking the public services workforce. The report covers a range of public services and the many challenges they face with a... Read More »

CoDH writes to the final Conservative leadership candidates

20 Jul 2022 in News Releases, Press Release, Public Affairs

The Council of Deans of Health has written to the final two candidates remaining in the Conservative leadership election, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, one of whom will be our next Prime Minister. We explained the import... Read More »

Health educators call for support to sustain growth in applicant numbers

14 Jul 2022 in Data, News & blogs, News Releases, Policy, Press Release

The University and College Admissions Service (UCAS) has published data following the June 2022 deadline for applications to UK undergraduate courses. For undergraduate nursing courses across the UK, it shows an 8% de... Read More »

Introducing Advanced Practice

15 Jun 2022 in Advanced Practice, Policy, Workforce

In March 2018 the Council of Deans of Health was commissioned by Health Education England (HEE) to lead a project on the development of advanced practice in England, focusing on the interface with higher education pro... Read More »

Council response to REF2021 results

20 May 2022 in News & blogs, News Releases, Research

Following the publication of REF2021 results, Dr Katerina Kolyva, CEO of the Council of Deans of Health responded: The results of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF 2021) have been published. 157 UK higher ed... Read More »